Sandy Rothman (born January 30, 1946, Miami, Florida[1]) is an American, San Francisco Bay Area bluegrass multi-instrumentalist and record producer.

He plays mandolin, dobro and banjo, and he also sings.

Rothman was a friend and colleague of Grateful Dead bandleader Jerry Garcia, and a member of the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band.

[2] He played bluegrass with Garcia and David Nelson as the Black Mountain Boys in 1964,[3] and has played in 1964 with Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys,[4][5] Earl Taylor, Red Allen, Jimmie Skinner, Larry Sparks, the Kentucky Colonels, Country Joe McDonald,[6] Kathy Kallick[7] and Clarence White, among other musicians.

He has been described as "one of the chief biscuits when and where bluegrass music is discussed, scribed, or performed in northern California.